9 papers
Frequency Chirping of Energetic-Particle-Driven Geodesic Acoustic Modes in Tokamaks
R. Wu, A. Biancalani, M. V. Falessi +5
A suprathermal population of ions is present in tokamak plasmas due to external heating mechanisms and fusion reactions. These energetic particles (EPs) can drive waves unstable, v…
On nonlinear saturation of toroidal Alfvén eigenmode due to thermal plasma nonlinearities
Ningfei Chen, Thomas Hayward-Schneider, Fulvio Zonca +7
The nonlinear saturation of toroidal Alfven eigenmode (TAE) due to thermal plasma nonlinearities is investigated using gyrokinetic particle-in-cell simulations and theoretical anal…
On How Zonal Fields Suppress Reversed Shear Alfvén Eigenmode in Tokamak Plasmas
Ruirui Ma, Pengfei Liu, Liu Chen +2
Employing both nonlinear gyrokinetic simulations and theoretical analyses, we have discovered the novel result that, with energetic particle dynamics kept linear, the nonlinear sup…
Excitation of toroidal Alfvén eigenmode by energetic particles in DTT and effect of negative triangularity
Guangyu Wei, Fulvio Zonca, Matteo Valerio Falessi +1
A linear gyrokinetic eigenvalue code is developed to study the stability of toroidal Alfvén eigenmode (TAE) in general axisymmetric toroidal geometry, with the self-consistent tre…
Chorus Wave Driven Electron Dynamics in the Van Allen Belts: From Coherence to Diffusion
Xin Tao, Zeyu An, Fulvio Zonca +2
The Van Allen radiation belts contain relativistic electrons trapped by Earth's magnetic field, posing serious risks to spacecraft. Chorus waves are known to accelerate these elect…
Piecewise Field-Aligned Finite Element Method for Multi-Mode Nonlinear Particle Simulations in tokamak plasmas
Zhixin Lu, Guo Meng, Eric Sonnendrücker +5
This paper presents a novel approach for simulating plasma instabilities in tokamak plasmas using the piecewise field-aligned finite element method in combination with the particle…